Relief as mother, 27, safely gives birth at health centre shunned for fear of DEATH (photo)

- A Ugandan mother has safely given birth at a health centre that was shunned over fears of death and received a cash prize for it

- Mothers in the area had avoided giving birth at the health centre for over three years since it was built

- The centre's officials hailed the woman for breaking the prevailing cultural myth in the area

A mother has received a cash prize after safely giving birth at the Nyabuswa Health Centre III in Kabarole District, Uganda. The Health Centre was shunned due to a cultural myth in the area that the first mother to give birth there would die.